Milos Raonic

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ATP Paryż 2020: 3. półfinał w Bercy.

[10] Milos Raonic d. Ugo Humbert 6-3 3-6 7-6(7)

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Comeback Player of the Year: The player who has overcome serious injury in re-establishing himself as one of the top players on the ATP Tour.

Kevin Anderson
Andrey Kuznetsov
Vasek Pospisil
Milos Raonic

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Meet The 2020 Comeback Nominees: Anderson, Kuznetsov, Pospisil & Raonic

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Nominees re-established themselves on the ATP Tour following injury layoffs

The Comeback Player of the Year award in the 2020 ATP Awards goes to the player who has overcome injury to re-establish himself as one of the top players on Tour. This year's nominees are Kevin Anderson, Andrey Kuznetsov, Vasek Pospisil and Milos Raonic. The winner, as selected by the players, will be announced later this month.

Player Career-High
Before Comeback Lowest Ranking
In 2020 Highest Ranking
In 2020 (Difference)
Kevin Anderson No. 4 No. 147 No.81 (+66)
Andrey Kuznetsov No. 39 Unranked No. 509 (+509)
Vasek Pospisil No. 25 No. 148 No. 61 (+87)
Milos Raonic No. 3 No. 37 No. 14 (+23)
Kevin Anderson
The South African player started the 2019 season with a World No. 6 FedEx ATP Ranking, but plummeted to No. 147 after struggling elbow and knee injuries. Anderson was sidelined again in 2020 after undergoing knee surgery in February, and has made his way back to the ATP Top 100 after reaching semi-finals in Vienna and the third round at Roland Garros.

The 34-year-old finished the year ranked No. 81. He played eight tournaments since the ATP Tour’s resumption, with the goal of playing a complete schedule in 2021.

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“It’s an ongoing project given where I’m at, my age and everything, but I feel like my motivation and what I’m trying to still do in this sport, there’s still a lot that I want to accomplish,” Anderson told press ahead of the Rolex Paris Masters. “I need my knee to give me that opportunity for the next several years, so that’s how we go along each week...

“I’ve set big goals for myself. It’s a process to get there, but my motivation is definitely as high as it’s ever been.”


Andrey Kuznetsov
The 29-year-old Russian’s last full competitive season was in 2017, before a lifelong hip injury forced him to walk away from the game. During his time away, the former World No. 39 did everything from dabbling in coaching - he worked with countryman Evgeny Donskoy in 2019 - to doing commentary for Eurosport, as well as getting married and welcoming a son with wife Darya. But he still had more tennis left, and Kuznetsov slowly worked his way back to fitness before embarking on his comeback in 2020 after the ATP Tour’s resumption.

He made a big statement at the US Open, reaching the second round in just his second tournament back, where he became the first unranked player to win a Grand Slam match since Nicolas Kiefer at 2007 Wimbledon. Rising as high as No. 509 in the FedEx ATP Rankings as a result, Kuznetsov is looking forward to settling back into the rhythm of the Tour.

“I was pretty sure I would come back. I wasn’t sure how long it would take. I thought it might take even longer than three years, that maybe it would take five years,” Kuznetsov told ATPTour.com ahead of the US Open. “I was not sure if after five years I would have motivation to come back because so much time would have passed. Somewhere inside I was hoping and I believed I would be able to come back and it was a question of time.”


Vasek Pospisil
Pospisil was sidelined during the first half of 2019 and ended the year as World No. 149 after undergoing back surgery to repair a herniated disk. But by the end of the season, the Canadian was already showing flashes of his vintage form, and he kept the momentum going in 2020 as he surged back into the Top 100.

Pospisil reached two ATP Tour finals in Sofia and Montpellier, and made a statement run to the fourth round of the US Open, defeating back-to-back Top 20 players - Roberto Bautista Agut (11) and countryman Milos Raonic (18) - along the way. It was the 30-year-old’s best Grand Slam result since his 2015 run to Wimbledon quarter-finals.

“I feel like I’m getting back in the right direction,” Pospisil told ATPTour.com in Montpellier. “I haven’t been able to go consecutive weeks and months like this for a very long time. I didn’t realise it, but I feel like I’m on the right track physically.”

“I am not putting pressure on myself over ranking, but I would ultimately like to get back to the Top 30 and a career-high ranking,” he added. “If I didn’t think I could do that, I don’t think I’d still be playing. I am trying not to put too much pressure on myself, but I’m pretty ambitious.”


Milos Raonic
Former Wimbledon finalist Raonic was sidelined for a large portion of the 2019 season due to injury, missing Roland Garros and the US Open in a career-long struggle to stay healthy. But he’s bounced back higher in 2020, starting the year with a run to the quarter-finals at the Australian Open.

The Canadian also made his mark at the ATP Masters 1000 level, reaching the final in Cincinnati and semi-finals in Paris. Raonic ended the year inside the Top 20 for the seventh time in his career as a result.

“I wish things were different but I have to work my way back up,” Raonic said after Melbourne. “I feel like my tennis is there but I have to stay healthy and give myself a chance to compete week in and week out… I think I can find a level above what I had before.”


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2020 w liczbach:

Ranking: 14
Bilans meczów: 23-9
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 1 (ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati)
Zarobki: $940,376

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Kanadyjczycy nagrodzili tenisistów. Milos Raonić i Leylah Annie Fernandez z głównymi wyróżnieniami

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Władze Tennis Canada rozdały tradycyjne nagrody. Milos Raonić został wybrany tenisistą 2020 roku w Kanadzie. Najlepszą tenisistką uznano Leylah Annnie Fernandez.
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Ogromne wyróżnienie dla Rogera Federera. Tenisista został sportowcem 70-lecia w Szwajcarii
Milos Raonić w sezonie 2020 zagrał w finale przeniesionego z Cincinnati do Nowego Jorku turnieju ATP Masters 1000, dotarł do półfinałów imprez w Paryżu, Petersburgu i Delray Beach oraz doszedł do 1/4 finału wielkoszlemowego Australian Open. Rozgrywki zakończył na 14. miejscu w rankingu ATP.
Dla Raonicia to ósmy tytuł tenisisty roku w Kanadzie. Poprzednio w plebiscycie organizowanym przez Tennis Canada zwyciężył w latach 2011-16 i 2018. Do rekordzisty Daniela Nestora brakuje mu dwóch triumfów.


Z kolei po raz pierwszy tenisistką roku w Kanadzie została Leylah Annie Fernandez. 18-latka z Montrealu, aktualnie 88. zawodniczka globu, w sezonie 2020 zagrała w finale turnieju WTA w Monterrey oraz awansowała do III rundy wielkoszlemowego Rolanda Garrosa. Fernandez zwyciężyła także w kategorii "tenisistka, która dokonała największego postępu".

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Deblistą roku został Denis Shapovalov, który w minionych rozgrywkach dotarł do półfinału turnieju w Rotterdamie oraz 1/4 finału w Marsylii, Rzymie i wielkoszlemowym US Open. Najlepszą deblistką - Gabriela Dabrowski - finalistka turniejów w Adelajdzie, Dosze i Ostrawie oraz ćwierćfinalistka wielkoszlemowych Australian Open i US Open.

Z kolei tenisistą, który dokonał największy postępu, uznano Vaska Pospisila. 30-latek z Vernon zaczynał sezon na 149. miejscu w rankingu ATP, a zakończył na 61. Zagrał w finale turniejów w Montpellier i Sofii oraz dotarł do 1/8 finału US Open.


- Serdecznie gratulujemy wszystkim laureatom. 2020 był bardzo trudnym rokiem, w którym sezon zatrzymał się na kilka miesięcy. I chociaż nie wszyscy nasi tenisiści byli w stanie powrócić na korty, ci, którzy brali udział w zawodowych turniejach, osiągali imponujące wyniki - oświadczył prezydent Tennis Canada, Michael Downey.

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Wygraj w końcu jakiś turniej, Miłoszku.

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Wygraj w końcu jakiś turniej, Miłoszku.

Chłop po tym jak wygrał swój ostatni turniej miał takie wyniki:

- finał i półfinał Szlema
- 5 ćwiartek Szlema
- finał ATP 1000
- półfinał ATP Finals
- 6 półfinałów ATP 1000

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Ewidentnie czegoś brakuje.

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Quarantine Chronicles: Catching Up With Milos Raonic

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World No.15 to represent Canada in ATP Cup
Milos Raonic has been doing anything but sleeping in during his 14-day quarantine period ahead of the Australian swing. The World No. 15 in the FedEx ATP Rankings is gearing up to represent Canada in the ATP Cup alongside Denis Shapovalov, Peter Polansky and Steven Diez, and he’s determined to maximise precious time on the tennis court.

But what is Raonic up to when he’s not on court? And what is his go-to delivery dish? The Canadian sat down for a chat with ATPTour.com to reveal seven things he’s been up to during quarantine…

1. Getting creative with his in-room workouts.
"I hope the hotel doesn’t see that’s the use of the minibar fridge... But you can get creative in a hotel room. Our creativity has been using a fridge as a step-up, but there’s other ways. Towels can be used for different workouts. There’s many ways you can get creative, but for us our big thing was coming prepared and trying to have as much with us as possible… I was aware of how the conditions would be, so we came here and we brought a lot of things that we could use."

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2. Organising his day to make the most of practice court time.
"So you hear the night before what time your slot is [to go outside for five hours] and what time you’ll get picked up. And then you adjust your day to that. You get ready and wait by your door for them to come around again once they’ve also corralled your team and the player you’re practising with. And then you’ll all come out to the elevator, go down in the same elevator. By the way, getting your hands sanitised and always wearing masks throughout this whole process. Then get in the car and head to the courts. You step straight out on court and you practice for your allotted time – that’s what we’re all trying to make the most of, the time on court.

"After that you get to go to the gym, one of many across the whole venue that was built for the players. Your gym is actually correlated with your court. So anybody that day that practised on that court uses the exact same gym after, so that way they have time to clean it, to sanitise it… So you go to your gym, after that you have one hour to eat. And again... so if you practised on Court 3, you go to the gym for Court 3, then you go for the table in the area outside that’s for Court 3 for your time to eat.

"And after that you get picked up. Straight in the elevator, straight upstairs, straight to your room… The rest of the time, you really try to make the most of it. I’ve spent time doing other things, other kind of workouts to supplement the trainings that I’ve been able to do at the venue. Spent time reading, studying, doing various things. But you know, with the consistency it has been settling. It has been generous that we get to get out for those five hours."

3. Getting a lot of chevapi delivered.
"There’s a great restaurant here called Chevapi Grill. It’s Balkan cuisine and the dish [chevapi, made of grilled sausages] I believe originated from Bosnia. But it’s a dish that’s famous throughout all of former Yugoslavia. I’ve had it many times. Growing up in Canada, my parents would always take us out to get it. There’s a great one here that I get on Uber Eats from Chevapi Grill. I’ve had it a good portion of the time since I’ve been here, and it’s been nostalgic and it’s been enjoyable."

4. Picking up some interesting reading material.
"I’ve actually been reading a book called Barbarians at the Gate. It’s from a famous company takeover [RJR Nabisco] in the '80s that’s actually been very interesting for me. That’s sort of kept me busy, but I have a long ways to go."

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5. Keeping in touch with loved ones.
"It doesn’t matter if it’s quarantine or not, the person that I speak to the most is my girlfriend. Facetime, text, phone calls… whatever is possible at the moment. At this moment she’s also in quarantine in Belgium, so we’ve actually both had a bit more time than normal to keep in touch."

6. Beating boredom by staying mentally engaged.
"Just make sure you’re always doing something. I think if you get yourself caught up in doing stuff mindlessly, either you get caught up in a binge of a TV show or you can get caught up going through YouTube videos or scrolling through social media.

"I think you have to find something that engages you a bit more. That’s what makes the biggest difference. Because if you have something that you’re excited to stay awake for and that you’re eager about, that helped make that transition a lot easier. If you’re sort of like, I’m just doing stuff to kill time, then you could also be sleeping to kill time too. So it’s harder to weigh out those options."

7. And beating jet lag by not sleeping in.
"I don’t really tend to sleep in. I’ve actually gotten on a schedule pretty well, it only took me about two days to get used to it. Obviously the first four days we didn’t get to go anywhere, and the toughest thing about those days was keeping yourself awake… But once I was able to get through that and now with the benefit of being able to get out and being in the sun, it’s helped significantly to get used to the jetlag."

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Players' Worst Nightmare: Raonic Serving Lefty At The ATP Cup

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Canadian rose from No. 32 to No. 14 in the FedEx ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic is gearing up to start his season with his ATP Cup debut, and he’s counting on a deep squad to give Canada an edge.

The country has two Top 20 singles players leading the charge. Former World No. 3 Raonic is set to join #NextGenATP Denis Shapovalov, Peter Polansky and Steven Diez in Group A as they take on defending champion Serbia and Germany.

Raonic rose from No. 32 to No. 14 in the FedEx ATP Rankings in 2020, and he arrived in Melbourne hoping to use the 12-country event's electric team atmosphere as a springboard to continue his climb in the new season. ATPTour.com caught up with the Canadian from quarantine to talk about his ATP Cup teammates, what he thinks of Canada’s ‘reputation’, and more.

If you could take one stroke from any one of your countrymen, what would it be and why?
Can I take someone’s hand coordination? If I could take one attribute from someone I would like to be left-handed like Denis. I think it makes your serve better right away, and obviously just makes you a lot more unorthodox for players. Most players are practising with righties, most matches throughout the year they’re playing against righties, so there’s definitely a factor there that gives you a little bit of a step up.

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Tell me about your teammates.
You have Denis, who has been playing great since he broke out on Tour in I believe 2017. Broke out and quickly moved into the Top 100 and Top 50 and then last year he broke into the Top 10 for a period of time as well. It’s going to be very exciting to play alongside him. I’ve played one Davis Cup tie alongside him and that was a fun experience.

Then you have Peter Polansky, who I’ve played with in Davis Cup many times. He’s going to be our playing captain as well, so that’s exciting. He’s a person that gets along with everybody. He’s a super nice guy, so I think we’re going to have a lot of fun with him leading the charge. And then Steven Diez as well, who I’ve played a few Davis Cup ties with. Just a great guy, a great teammate and someone who I know is going to put everything forward so we can all succeed.

What did you see from the inaugural ATP Cup that made you excited to play for the first time?
It’s been very exciting and encouraging to be a part of it this year and to have a chance to represent Canada alongside Denis [Shapovalov]. It’s something that I hope lives up to the hype, because the entertainment factor, the encouragement and seeing how excited the other players all were across all the other countries was very encouraging for me on the sidelines and something that I want to be a part of.


How much does the thought of competing in front of fans at Melbourne Arena motivate you?
It’s very exciting and it’s very encouraging. To have the quarantine factor – which has been difficult but not too bad for me – lead right into an event like the ATP Cup makes it a lot more worth it, and then leading into the Australian Open after that. That whole swing is something for myself personally to get very excited about.

What are the personalities like on Team Canada?
With Peter, you have a guy who is sort of leading us as our captain as well and he’s someone who is going to man the ship. He’s a super nice guy, and he really understands people well. I think there’s not really a single person who doesn’t get along with Peter. With Steven, he’s very feisty. He grew up most of his life in Spain, so he has a little bit of that Spanish characteristic in him. So he is a very feisty on-court player, and I know he’s going to bring out everything he can to help the team get as far as possible. And then Denis, he’s got this incredible talent about him. He can hit a winner from anywhere in the court, and you can sort of sense that in his personality as well. He’s got this sort of outgoing personality in a spontaneous way.


Who is most likely to be hyping everyone up?
I think [it will be] between Peter and Steven. It’ll be close. I know that me and Denis before matches, we’re sort of guys that get into our ‘zone’ and I think we really crunch down. Those two guys are the more vocal guys, so that’s why it will be fun to have them on the team.

What does Team Canada bring to the ATP Cup?
I think for us it’s going to be depth. That’s going to be important. I believe we’re probably up there among a few of the top teams that have a higher average [FedEx ATP] Ranking compared to other teams. Especially when you have to win two out of the three matches, I think that could be a great advantage for us and something that pays dividends.

What are three things you love the most about Canada?
I think there’s a reputation that’s followed us, and I think it’s been earned by many generations before us that we are gentle, generous and kind people. I think when people around the world hear that you’re from Canada, they do light up a bit more and they expect that niceness from you. I’m happy that we get to live up to it.

I think Canada is also probably the most welcoming country in the world. Obviously from myself and my family’s experience, immigrating there was a big thing. I think people for many generations have come to Canada that way. Denis as well immigrated there. [It is] very welcoming and very fair to give each and every person tremendous opportunities.

And one thing I can’t wait to explore is all the nature… Canada is the second-largest country in the world by land mass. I know a lot of it is covered in snow for a big chunk of the year, but hopefully after my tennis career I can take the time to travel and see some incredible things.

What is your favourite spot in Canada that isn’t well known?
Well, it is well known. It’s going to be on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, Banff (Alberta) and Lake Jasper. I’ve been to Banff, that was an incredible experience, but Lake Louise I’d like to visit. There are certain lakes there that are incredible. And then also on the Atlantic side; I’ve been to Nova Scotia, but there are so many provinces that I’d love to visit.

I like being close to water, but I also like being in the mountains, so to have that all accessible in one beautiful, great, big nation is something tremendous and something for all us Canadians to be grateful for.

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Stan Starts Strong, Raonic Races Into Melbourne Second Round

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Swiss and Canadian on track for third-round clash
Former World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka didn’t face a break point as he made a confident start to his 2021 Australian Open campaign against Pedro Sousa, winning 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to make his way into the second round.

Wawrinka, the No. 17 seed, was in full flight at Melbourne Park, the site of his first Grand Slam triumph in 2014. He controlled the rallies against Sousa, and kept the Portuguese player under pressure with 12 break opportunities across three sets. The Swiss player needed an hour and 36 minutes to take down Sousa and extend his unbeaten record in the first round of the Australian Open to 16 victories.

“I think it was a great first round win today. It’s never easy to play your first match here,” Wawrinka said. “It’s been three weeks that we’ve been here getting ready for this tournament, and I’m happy that I was playing well today. playing really aggressive, playing some good balls, so I’m really happy to be through to the second round.”

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Wawrinka will face Marton Fucsovics in his next match. The Hungarian, who has reached the fourth round in Melbourne on two occasions (2018, '20), overcame Aussie wild card Marc Polmans 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3 in four hours and 12 minutes.

Victory would keep Wawrinka on track for an intriguing third-round clash against former World No. 3 Milos Raonic. Their section is headlined by defending champion and World No.1 Novak Djokovic, a potential fourth-round opponent.

Big-serving Raonic was in strong form in his opening match at the Australian Open, cruising past Federico Coria 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 to book his place in the second round.

“It's good to be efficient early on,” Raonic said. “A lot goes on throughout two weeks. There can be really difficult moments. There's bound to be. So I think to be efficient early on, especially after competing just last week, that kind of efficiency, hopefully it can pay off down the line.”



Raonic, the No. 14 seed, returned to Melbourne after representing Canada at the ATP Cup, winning one of two singles matches as his team bowed out in the group stage. A former semi-finalist here, Raonic has reached the quarter-finals in his most recent two visits in 2019 and 2020.

He looked right at home against Coria in 1573 Arena, racking up 51 winners and firing 17 aces against the No. 91-ranked Argentine. The gulf in experience was evident as Coria was unable to break the Raonic serve during three sets. The Canadian crowded the baseline and kept his opponent on the move, dragging Coria out wide with a cross and then finding the winners down the line.

Raonic needed an hour and 33 minutes to close out Coria and move into the second round, where he will face Corentin Moutet of France. The 21-year-old recovered from two-sets-to-one down to beat home favourite John Millman 6-4, 6-7(4), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in three hours and 45 minutes.

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Raonic On Why Tom Brady Inspires Him, Federer Sends Super Bowl Congratulations

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Tennis players had their eyes on the Super Bowl
Milos Raonic walked off 1573 Arena on Monday pleased with a tidy straight-sets win to reach the second round of the Australian Open. Off the court, the Canadian had some business to attend to: finding out the score of the Super Bowl.

“I checked the score pretty much immediately,” Raonic said. “It was on in the locker room so I didn't have to make too much of an effort to look out for it.”

Raonic is a fan of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, who led his team to a 31-9 victory against the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs. Brady claimed his seventh Super Bowl ring with the win.

“I think I look up to a lot of athletes that have done incredible things. I think Tom for a lot of people has a pretty special example just because he wasn't the kid prodigy that sort of went on to do the great things he's done. I think a lot of people can reference that,” Raonic said. “I wasn't necessarily by any means, by stretch of the imagination, one of the best juniors. But I kept plugging away just to try to be better and better each day. It came together for me. I think a lot of people appreciate that aspect about it.”


Two years ago, Raonic was in Atlanta to watch Brady’s old team, the New England Patriots, win the Super Bowl. This time, he spent most of the big game on a tennis court on the other side of the world.

The former World No. 3 was far from the only tennis player with his eyes on the game. Reilly Opelka, who also advanced in straight sets Monday, wanted to know the score as soon as he finished his match.

“That was the first question I asked my coach,” Opelka said. “I’m surprised a little bit to be honest that the Bucs swept them like that. I’ve never seen anyone make it look as easy as [Chiefs quarterback Patrick] Mahomes, but I think today was a rough day for him.”


Roger Federer sent Brady his congratulations on Instagram.

“What an inspiring achievement,” Federer wrote to the 43-year-old. “@tombrady age is just a number.”

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